[kictanet] Move Toward New Pan-African IP Organisation Alarms Observers

[Du Toit, Jaco]

A seemingly remote African Union proposal to create a Pan-African
Intellectual Property Organization appears to have gained momentum and
will come before African science and technology ministers for review in
early November, according to sources. A copy of the final draft statutes
shows how the new body would operate, and for some observers, how it
would elevate African IP standards well above current levels, with
"disastrous consequences" for access, development, and human rights.
This might be of interest to Kictanet members, see
http://www.ip-watch.org/2012/09/27/move-toward-new-pan-african-ip-organi
sation-alarms-observers/?utm_source=weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign
=alerts

 

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Jaco DU TOIT

Adviser for Communication & Information

UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa

United Nations Avenue, UNON, Gigiri (Room C-104) 

P.O. Box 30592-00100, Nairobi, Kenya 

Tel: +254 (0)20 762 2346/2566 

Fax +254 (0)20 762 2750 

Mobile: +254 (0)728 610 912 

Email:j.dutoit at unesco.org,
Website: http://www.unesco-nairobi.org

 

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